30 thoughts on “Diversification: A Warning”

I like the history of the Roman Empire part. It’s something Id like to know more about. I’m a history enthusiast, but outside knowledge knowledge of what civilizations came before the Romans (Romulus and Remus) , their change to rulers through Julius Caesar resulting in an oligarch and not a Roman Republic, which oddly enough lead to 400 or so years of piece — I haven’t learned much about the specifics of the fall of the Western Empire, and finally the East. The East was much later and had to do with the Ottomans, Ithink.
Anyways it’s interesting what you wrote though, I think especially when you look upon the fact that the Romans spread their Army too thin. It’s something too many armies throughout history, from diverse civilizations, and even more modern countries have done and his especially (along with other factors) seems to play a huge roll in their downfall. Power corrupts absolutely, as they say and many rulers and civilizations have too much greed for land. A more modern example is Hitler in WWII who spread his armies too far into Russia where it too cold, and the Russian Army was ruthless. There are others, can’t think at the moment, but interesting post and thanks for sharing 🙂

“Christianity had turned Roman citizens into pacifists – so the population failed to defend themselves and their territories.” To me, this was the most important line of the whole article. It’s so true and so scary.
Well written overall. Great illustration with history and business examples.